MEGHAN MARKLE used a "lame excuse" to stay at home during a state banquet and then later went to a high profile event according to a royal expert.

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Former Royal Editor of The Sun, Charles Rae, told talkRADIO's Mike Graham that the Duchess of Sussex deliberately missed a state banquet for Donald Trump in June 2019 when she was a working member of the Royal Family. Mr Graham added that she then attended the high profile tennis tournament, Wimbledon, the following month.